Zack Greinke

Mut and Alex Speier are in on the final hot stove show for this Red Sox off season. They kick things off by talking to Rob Bradford who is getting ready to head to Ft. Myers, and then they take calls on the Red Sox pitching rotation and trade possibilities for Cole Hamels or Jordan Zimmerman.

Mut and Alex Speier are in for the final edition of the hot stove show for this Red Sox off season. They kick things off by talking to Rob Bradford, who is gearing up to head to Ft. Myers. They then take calls on the Red Sox pitching rotation, possible trades for Cole Hamels or Jordan Zimmerman.

This week on the show Mut and Alex talk with ESPN's Buster Olney, and the conversation is largely focused around pitching. They then take some calls from fans about what they think the Red Sox should do to get the pitchers they need and the odds of Jon Lester coming back.

the world, also remember that there are more cases in line with Lester's evolution. CC Sabathia . Max Scherzer . ZackGreinke . Heck, Justin Verlander's ERA almost hit 5.00 in his third full season. They all had to make the kind of adjustments

than Lester. It's hard to argue that the Dodgers' ZackGreinke (11-3, 2.10) and Clayton Kershaw (9-5, 1 ..... lived life outside the AL East. As a small example, Greinke 's career numbers against the AL East is 12-20 with

of free agency. When you start introducing other teams, the annual average values of such players as Cliff Lee and ZackGreinke (more than $23 million per season) start being introduced. Maybe the Red Sox are banking on Lester's desire to

both locations. Webster has the athleticism to repeat his delivery, with one talent evaluator describing him as being ZackGreinke -ish in terms of his athleticism and stuff. But there are questions about the right-hander's confidence and

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